Project Hail Mary
"Rocky watch whole crew die. Could not fix. Grace say Grace will die. Rocky fix."
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's 'Project Hail Mary' is an absolute joy. A truly heartfelt movie that blows you away moment after moment. It's a science fiction movie that combines science, humour, emotion and some generational visuals to create the third best space based science fiction film in a decade. It is such a fun time and seriously with this and James Gunn's Superman I am so glad to be seeing a return of uplifting, happy and just well made films are making a return after a while of brilliant yet depressing films. Ryan Gosling absolutely kills yet another role, to join his list of killings, Blade Runner 2049, Barbie, The Big Short and Drive, he is so well-contained as an actor and does a wonderful job portraying all kinds of emotions. It does appear his portrayals of loneliness are the best as this joins Blade Runner 2049 in that same vein. He is also really great at both the comedic and devastating moments of this film, he just does a great job across the board at really raising it beyond what it would've been without him in it. Rocky is a wonderful addition, a small twist on the unknown alien trope. But the really talking point is having the puppet master for Rocky also being his voice actor and boy does James Ortiz genuinely crush it, he manages to deliver a performance that rivals some of the greats in voice acting as a first timer and that is truly shocking. What a great job he does, similar to Gosling manages to get both ends of the spectrum of the emotional range and just kills it. Sandra Huller also steals the show with her brilliant cover of 'Sign Of Times', which if it doesn't bring you to edge of tears... Daniel Pemberton the man you are, my word does this score absolutly rock, it's funny, sad and just all around brilliant. It is super creative and really glues the emotional elements of this film together. And of course I cannot watch a Greg Fraiser film without absolutely glazing the man to high heaven. He does it once more, creating some stunning visuals and wonderful uses of colour to create of the most visually appealing movies in the last 6 years. Every thing this man touches turns to gold and he and Roger Deakin's truly do stand alone in the cinematography field. Perhaps Linus Sandgren can join them when he smashes Dune: Messiah. A truly optimistic film that will bring to edge of tears and stitches. It's filled to the brim with wonder and is so sincere about its message. To see a man with nothing to return home to, fight so desperately to return home is uniquely special to see. A genuinely wonderful film that I put off for way too long and I am so glad that I finally got a chance to watch it. What a great film, great experience and a great step in the right direction for cinema and science fiction. Lets get more film like this please..👎